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. 2024 Jul 12;79(Suppl 1):S20–S32. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae194

Table 1.

OCV Doses Requested and Made Available in Ethiopia From 2019 to October 2023

OCV Doses Requested and Made Available
Request Numbera Request Type b OCV Requested OCV Request Approved Approved OCV Doses Received in Ethiopia OCV Doses Used & Leftover
OCV Doses Requested
(n)
Date of OCV Doses Requested
(YYYY/MM/DD)
OCV Doses Approved
(n)
Date of OCV Doses Approved
(YYYY/MM/DD)
OCV Doses Received at Entry port in Ethiopiac
(n)
Date of OCV Doses Received at Entry Port in Ethiopia
(YYYY/MM/DD)
OCV Doses Used
(n)
OCV Doses Unused Due to VVM Change
(n)
OCV Doses Returned Unused and in Good Conditiond
(n)
Request outside of Global OCV Stockpile
Bilaterale Reactive 145 000 n.a 145 000 n.a 145 000 2019/06/14 145 000 n.a n.a
ECCP Preemptive/Preventive n.a n.a n.a n.a 202 360 2021/11/18 202 491f n.a n.a
Total 145 000 n.a 145 000 n.a 347 360 n.a 347 491 n.a n.a
Request to Global OCV Stockpile
A1g Preemptive/Preventive 817 705 2019/05/07 778 766 2019/05/10 778 766 2019/05/17 (1st round)h
2019/12/03 (2nd round)
698 970 496 32 311
A2 Reactive 4 938 802 2020/11/16 3 354 278 2020/11/19 3 354 400 2020/12/06 (1st round)
2021/02/21 (2nd round)
3 059 678 22 n.a
A3 Reactive 5 501 446 2021/03/03 2 390 454 2021/03/05 2 363 164 2021/03/18 (1st round)
2021/07/09 (2nd round)
2 332 578 751 26 545
A4 Preemptive/Preventive 4 017 218 2021/05/11 4 017 218 2021/05/13 2 008 650 2021/05/22 840 774 n.a n.a
A5 Reactive 2 077 959 2021/11/04 2 077 959 2021/11/06 2 077 958 2021/11/18 2 073 728 296 3583
A6 Reactive 2 000 466 2022/11/30 86 910 2022/12/02 86 910 2022/12/15 100 713 n.a 5687
A7 Reactive 1 275 898 2023/03/01 1 910 416 2023/03/29 1 910 416 2023/04/05 1 909 405 53 957
A8 Reactive 5 867 505 2023/06/13 2 230 038 2023/07/09 2 230 038 2023/07/20 2 229 941 68 169
A9 Reactive 1 917 914 2023/08/01 1 917 914 2023/08/03 1 917 914 2023/09/12 1 858 472 85 5389
A10 Reactive 1 522 495 2023/09/29 1 522 495 2023/10/04 1 522 495 2023/10/20 1 522 407 246 1283
A11 Reactive 1 962 168 2023/10/15 862 352 2023/10/17 862 675 2023/10/27 862 326 16 333
Total 31 899 576 n.a 21 148 800 n.a 19 113 386 n.a 17 488 992 2033 76 257
Grand total 32 044 576 n.a 21 293 800 n.a 19 460 746 n.a 17 836 483 2033 76 257

Abbreviations: ECCP, Ethiopia Cholera Control and Prevention; n.a, not applicable; OCV, oral cholera vaccine; VVM, Vaccine Vial Monitor.

The bold values refer to the total or subtotal amount.

aRequest number refers to each OCV request made by the Ethiopian government.

bRequest Type refers to a preemptive/preventive or reactive campaign per the Ethiopian government's OCV request dossiers.

cAll OCV doses approved were delivered to Addis Ababa, the entry port in Ethiopia.

dRemaining OCV doses are returned to Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency (EPSA) for storage and stored doses are used for other vaccination campaigns.

eBilateral: Ethiopian government's bilateral request to the government of the Republic of Korea for OCV doses for cholera outbreak control in 2019.

gOCV doses were requested for preemptive/preventive vaccination, but doses were partially used for reactive vaccination and partially for preemptive vaccination at the moment of campaign.

fTotal 202 491 doses were used: 202 360 doses procured and delivered under ECCP and additional 131 available doses from health centers.

hApproved OCV doses were shipped in a separate batch per round according to the campaign schedule in the case of 2 rounds of vaccination.